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Are you sure your tuner can handle 250 channels?
Don't standard tuners only go up to about 125 channels
or so?

I am pretty sure my WinTV 401 can only do 125
channels.

--- tarek Lubani <tarek@tarek.2y.net> wrote:
> Hey guys..
>
> I've been having trouble with this for a while, and
> I don't think it has
> been mentioned.. the basic problem is that I cannot
> change channels using
> the menus when the channels are "too far apart"
>
> Works:
> . I start at channel 100.
> . I hit "m", pick channel 105, and hit "m" again..
>
> Doesn't work:
> . I start at channel 100.
> . I hit "m", pick channel 250, and hit "m" again..
>
> It seems that if the channels are more than about
> 100ish (maybe closer to
> 150?) db listings apart, the channel won't flip when
> I hit "m".. It'll
> stay in the exact same place..
>
> How can I give more information about this?
>
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Satellite with composite..

tarek

> Are you sure your tuner can handle 250 channels?
> Don't standard tuners only go up to about 125 channels
> or so?
>
> I am pretty sure my WinTV 401 can only do 125
> channels.

On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, A Gill wrote:

> Are you sure your tuner can handle 250 channels?
> Don't standard tuners only go up to about 125 channels
> or so?
I'm not sure if any analog tuner can go above 125 channels - Even with
cable TV frequency tables, I don't think anything much higher is defined.
I've definately never seen anything over 200 on an analog system -
Anything higher than 200 is a digital channel, which means that the tuning
has to be done externally (Digital cable box or satellite box).

> I am pretty sure my WinTV 401 can only do 125
> channels.
I know all Hauppauge analog TV boards max at 125, even the highest-end
ones.

I think the thing to try would be to:

a) Jump from 2 to 120ish or so - I bet it will work despite long spacing.
b) Jump from 125 (if it works) to 130 - I have a feeling that unless
you're using an external tuner and some sort of IR control of a digital
cable box or sat receiver, it won't work.

> --- tarek Lubani <tarek@tarek.2y.net> wrote:
> > Hey guys..
> >
> > I've been having trouble with this for a while, and
> > I don't think it has
> > been mentioned.. the basic problem is that I cannot
> > change channels using
> > the menus when the channels are "too far apart"
> >
> > Works:
> > . I start at channel 100.
> > . I hit "m", pick channel 105, and hit "m" again..
> >
> > Doesn't work:
> > . I start at channel 100.
> > . I hit "m", pick channel 250, and hit "m" again..
> >
> > It seems that if the channels are more than about
> > 100ish (maybe closer to
> > 150?) db listings apart, the channel won't flip when
> > I hit "m".. It'll
> > stay in the exact same place..
> >
> > How can I give more information about this?
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > mythtv-dev mailing list
> > mythtv-dev@snowman.net
> > http://www.snowman.net/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev
>
>
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In that case, how are you changing channels on the receiver? IR? Serial?

Can you change to channel 250 or so if you go in small increments?
199 at all?

On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, tarek Lubani wrote:

> Satellite with composite..
>
> tarek
>
> > Are you sure your tuner can handle 250 channels?
> > Don't standard tuners only go up to about 125 channels
> > or so?
> >
> > I am pretty sure my WinTV 401 can only do 125
> > channels.
>
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>